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South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Craft Farrow State Hospital
Public Safety Bldg. 17
7901 Farrow Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29203
July 16, 2021
This is video evidence of public servants using patient privacy to claim their own privacy.
July 8, 2021 Eobard Thawne Audits was falsely arrested for filming, and refusing to show ID.
youtube.com/watch?v=WziAoS7GXYU&t=6s
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
(United States Constitution 1787) (South Carolina State Constitution 1896)
The act of making an audio or audiovisual recording is necessarily included within the First Amendment's guarantee of speech and press rights as a corollary of the right to disseminate the resulting recording. Persuasive Authority Only in South Carolina
Am. Civil Liberties Union of IL v. Alvarez (U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit 2012)
The First Amendment protects the right to gather information about what public officials do on public property, and specifically, a right to record matters of public interest.
Smith v. City of Cumming Georgia (U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2000)
Persuasive Authority Only in South Carolina
Supreme Court of South Carolina
State v. Hanapole 255 S.C. 258 (1970) 178 S.E.2d 247
The South Carolina Trespass Statute applies only to private property and has
no application to public property absent a crime.
OFFICE OF THE STATE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTIVE 858-06(5-100) 2006
Restricts the use of visual or audio transmitting devices for the purpose of protecting patients from any invasion of privacy. And to further safeguard the disclosure of
confidential patient information. Visitors will be informed that such devices may not
be used on Department of Mental Health Premises. The device shall be placed in the visitor’s vehicle or otherwise removed from the Premises.
South Carolina Department of Mental Health
Craft Farrow State Hospital
Public Safety Bldg. 17
7901 Farrow Road
Columbia, South Carolina 29203
July 16, 2021
This is video evidence of public servants using patient privacy to claim their own privacy.
July 8, 2021 Eobard Thawne Audits was falsely arrested for filming, and refusing to show ID.
youtube.com/watch?v=WziAoS7GXYU&t=6s
Congress shall make no law abridging the freedom of the press, or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
(United States Constitution 1787) (South Carolina State Constitution 1896)
The act of making an audio or audiovisual recording is necessarily included within the First Amendment's guarantee of speech and press rights as a corollary of the right to disseminate the resulting recording. Persuasive Authority Only in South Carolina
Am. Civil Liberties Union of IL v. Alvarez (U.S. Court of Appeals 7th Circuit 2012)
The First Amendment protects the right to gather information about what public officials do on public property, and specifically, a right to record matters of public interest.
Smith v. City of Cumming Georgia (U.S. Court of Appeals 11th Circuit, 2000)
Persuasive Authority Only in South Carolina
Supreme Court of South Carolina
State v. Hanapole 255 S.C. 258 (1970) 178 S.E.2d 247
The South Carolina Trespass Statute applies only to private property and has
no application to public property absent a crime.
OFFICE OF THE STATE DIRECTOR OF MENTAL HEALTH DIRECTIVE 858-06(5-100) 2006
Restricts the use of visual or audio transmitting devices for the purpose of protecting patients from any invasion of privacy. And to further safeguard the disclosure of
confidential patient information. Visitors will be informed that such devices may not
be used on Department of Mental Health Premises. The device shall be placed in the visitor’s vehicle or otherwise removed from the Premises.
